Spatial intra-site analyses at the terramara of Poviglio S. Rosa (RE, Italy)

Digital techniques were adopted in the excavation of the Terramara di Poviglio as a first slep in creating the GIS of the site. A GIS plalform appear an essential choice first to manage the large quantity of data collecled in twenty years of excavation through traditional techniques. Since few years the archaeological feature unearthed during the excavation are surveyed through total station and dedicata software both in the inner part of the village and in the moat surrounding the site. Inside the village the shape and the size oh the houses have been recognized and their relation with the heaps of ash and sherds related to the former hearths. In the fringe of the village a detailed DTM of the moat was also created to understand of the dynamics of the hydraulic system and the relationships of enclosure and internai structures of the village.